ATTEND THE GAME! David Itkin Presents "Another Language" On October 25 The Drama Department announces that it is again offering to the students of the university season tickets to the Little Theatre productions at the reduced price of $1.25. The regular price of a season ticket, which admits the holder to five major productions of the Drama department, is $3.00 to members of the Little Theatre Association other than students."Another Language," the first play of the season, will open Monday. October 25, and run through Friday October 29. Enrollment in the Drama School has increased approximately 20 per cent this semester. "It is my hope," said David Itkin, Director of the Department of Drama, "that the plays will be much stronger this year, because many of the players are experienced, practically all of last year's students except those graduating having returned this year." Although he refused to commit himself definitely, Director Itkin intimated that the dramatic department may offer as a feature of this year's program a series of lectures by a well-known New York literary critic and man of letters. The Department of Drama of De Paul University begins its eighth year of existence this season. During the seven years which it has functioned as a part of the university the Department of Drama has produced 31 plays in the Little Theatre Association Membership Series, playing to an audience of 35,000. exclusive of special performances given for high-school students. The 31 plays offered in this series have included the works of such authors as Shaw, Ibsen, Wilde, O'Neill, Barrie, Kaufman, and Pirandello. Outstanding among the productions have been performances of "The Royal Family," "Kingdom of God,' "Cradle Song," "Holiday," "Pillars of Society," "Lady Windermere's Fan," and "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." Mr. Itkin's latest creation is Samson Raphaelson's comedy, "Accent on Youth," currently playing to enthusiastic audiences at the Goodman Theater. LEAGUE DINNER HONORS UPTOWN FROSH WOMEN The Women's League annual "Welcome" dinner to the freshmen coeds was enthusiastically voted a most enjoyable success by all who attended. As the major social function of the League, Ann Cholod, President, and the committee members spared no pains to provide a pleasant evening of entertainment plus an excellent cuisine. The principal speakers were Rev. Joseph Edwards, C.M., the Rev. Howard Ahern, C.M., and Miss Kathryn Miller, Dean of Women. Among those present were Miss Virginia Woods, assistant dean of women, and several former presidents of the Woman's League. Last Wednesday's dinner marked the initiation of the freshmen women into the social life of the university. In order to further enable them to feel at home each new girl is to be under the special sponsorship of an upper class coed known as a "big sister." New coeds entering De Paul automatically became members of the Junior League. 'They elect their own officers and plan social activities. After earning a designated number of points they are eligible to be accepted into the Women's League. The points may be obtained in many ways, such at attending dances, dinners, games, lectures, and various other means already explained to the girls. Economics Club Elects Officers In its first official meeting of the semester on last Friday, October 1, at 2 p.m. in Room B2 of the Liberal Arts building, the Economics club elected its new officers. Leno Michelon was reelected general chairman. The other officers are James Czajkowski, vice chairman Nonine Moe, secretary John Foster, treasurer. Genevieve Dougan and Robert Dyxon were selected to arrange a program for the next meeting. It was suggested that the club engage in intra-mural debating but there was no definite action taken. The club is sponsored by Dr. David Scanlon, professor of economics at the uptown school. Vol. XVII, No. 3 Drama Department To Offer Students Season Pass Books DRAMA DIRECTOR David Itkin DEVANEY CLUB ORGANIZED BY LAW STUDENTS Calling the first meeting of the Devaney Club for tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m., Ed Ryan, law junior who is president of the organization, said that the purpose of the initial meeting is to acquaint the student body with the aims and procedure of the newly formed lav.- club and to discuss the Supreme Court issue. There will not be a mock trial of Justice Hugo Black as formerly reported, Mr. Ryan said. HONOR PROMINENT IUSTICE This organization, named after former Chief Justice Devaney of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, is sponsored by the Law School. The latest activity of that department, it was formed to provide for the student who wishes to equip himself better for his profession and to develop his ability to express himself effectively before an audience. The club is under the faculty guidance of Professor L. O. McCabe. OFFER PRIZES Former Chief Justice Devaney has brought to De Paul what it has been wishing for years. Realizing the necessity of embryonic lawyers for acquiring speaking ability, Justice Devaney has donated a substantial sum of money for prizes to furnish an incentive for a De Paul club. The idea represented in the club is not an original one, being embodied in similiar organizations for some time in most Eastern Law Schools. The need for such an activity at De Paul has long been felt, for until now, no organization has provided for the unexperienced student speakers. The procedure of the club will be as follows. Meetings will be held every other Tuesday afternoon and a predetermined question will be discussed, first by two students who have prepared the subject, each taking an opposite viewpoint. Finally, a round table discussion on the question will be held, followed by a vote. Prof• Discusses I.Q. Tests: Says System Incomplete The value of general intelligence quotient tests as a method of calculating the intelligence rating of individuals was questioned recently by Robert B. Weaver, professor of education at De Paul. He asserted that the memory and not the mental agility was tested. General intelligence cannot be determined by asking a few questions. Professor Weaver conceded that the more comprehensive type of test may give a more satisfactory basis for the estimation of mental worth. Regarding the more complete tests he stated, "It takes more than one simple intelligence test to rate a student's mental capabilities. When pupil's score on general intelligence tests, together with scores on a battery of tests such as the ReavisBreslich diagnostic tests in the fundamental operations of arithmetic and in problem solving, the Gray, Monroe, or Traxler reading tests, the Inglis test of English vocabulary, the Shepherd test of English usage, the Hill civic information and attitude tests, and achievement marks as represented by the teachers' reports and grades are considered, then there is a valid basis for the determination of intelligence and the sectioning of pupils." DISCUSSES PURPOSE Concerning the purpose of the tests, Professor Weaver explained. "The problem of determining general intelligence of students arises because of the efforts of parents and teachers who consider it desirable to classify boys and girls on the basis of their general intelligence and to place them in intellectually homogeneous class groups in school. The assumption is, and some experimental observation supports the contention. that children are better adjusted and do better work when they are associated in their class activities will: pupils of their own ability." TESTS NOT INFALLIBLE Mr. Weaver concluded. "In too' many cases boys and girls are placed in A. B, or ability groups solely on the basis of scores they make on such general intelligence tests, In far too many cases the I. Q. is I considered to be an infallible index ol general intelligence. "I do not hold that this alone constitutes a valid basis for the determination of general intelligence and for the classification of pupils in ability groups." Education Faculty Members Publish Two New Books Major Frank L. Beals, professor in the Department of Education on the Downtown Campus and assistant superintendent of Chicago Schools, has just completed his book, "Look Away Dixieland." His work was completed in collaboration with Leon F. Harris, Chicago business executive and has just been published by a New York and a Chicago publishing company. This novel presents a graphic delineation of the South during the Reconstruction Period. It presents in detail the efforts of the owner of the Willow Brook Plantation to rehabilitate his estate and unfolds many of the old wives' tales Major Beals and Mr. Harris both learned during their childhood days in the South. Dr. Ellamay Horan, also of the Department of Education and editor of the Journal of Religious Instruction, has just finished work on "Bible Lessons," a text book in religion for the third and fourth grades. It fulfills its plan of instruction through illustrations, lesson plans, questions, and practical problems. Little Benny Doffs Green Chapeau, Reaches Lofty Sophomore Summit It was one of those nice cool days, and papa was really feeling in the pink as he worked in the sewer. He was in a jovial mood, and he chuckled to himself. He had reason to chuckle Benny was back at De Paul. Yes, papa threw down the shovel and began to tell the boys about it. It was good to make the boys jealous. Did they have a son in collitch? So papa told them about the surprise registered by the dean when Benny walked in and doffed his green cap registration day. The dean fainted— but maybe he had a weak heart. Benny was getting to be a big fellow. He was a sophomore now. Papa liked that word "sophomore." He'd put it away in his private collection reserved until he got sore at someone. That word would have the boys really guessing. So Benny was a sophomore, and what's more he was out for the boxing team. He was going to be a prize fight boy, a fisticuffer. Hadn't he come home, breathless, and told mamma and papa that he was now a Wrangler, working with Tom Cleland and all the big men in school? Benny was puffing his chest out to its inch expansion, and was bullying the freshmen. Sure, he was making the new men wear their green caps just like he had last year. It wasn't that he didn't like the little green chapeau he had cried over the necessity of taking it off when he had become a sophomore. But maybe he'd flunk and get his freshman rating back again. Benny was a smart boy big things like that were to be expected of him. All the professors had said he was definitely going places. Yes, in that "How to Study" course the prof had predicted that in six months he would be taking a post graduate course in Kankakee. That was something to work for. He had the brain, and that's what counted. Sure papa could prove it everybody else in Benny's class had been normal Benny was sub-normal, really above the crowd. Gee it was great to be the papa of a sophomore. And papa threw his chest out, and took another crack at the good earth with his pick. THE DEPAULIA DE PAUL UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, ILL. NEW DIRECTOR NAMES ACTIVITY COUNCILJEMBERS Two Students Appointed As Representatives Of Each Class The Rev. Howard J. Ahern, C.M., director of Student Activities, called the first meeting of the Student Activity Council for this semester last Tuesday, October 5, at 8 p.m. in Moot Court on the Downtown Campus. Jerry Donovan, who was elected president of the Council at its meeting last June, presided over the business of the meeting, the election of the other officers, and the activities planned for Homecoming. The Council is composed of students from all classes and all departments of the University who have been chosen for their leadership and active participation in extra-curricular activities as truly representative of their fellow classmates. The students who have been awarded this distinction for this 1937 semester are: From the Northside Liberal Arts: Ann Cholod and Elaine Taylor, Seniors Genevieve Kennedy and James McDonald. Juniors Amy Johnson and Bud Kevin, Sophomores the freshmen appointments will be decided in November. From the Downtown Liberal Arts Raymond Egan and Virginia Rowa.v From the Day Law School: Harold Pinkert and Nathaniel Forgan, Seniors Edward Ryan and John J. O'Malley, Juniors and George Trapshanis, Freshman. From the Night Law School: Antonio Rago, Senior Edward Bradley, Junior and Edward Powers, Sophomore. From Day Commerce: Loretto Urban and Walter Drevs. Seniors Rita Ludwig and John Cole, Juniors Ruth Grogan, Sophomore the freshman appointment is to be filled later. From Night Commerce: Bill Brahm. From Secretarial: Marion Devane and Loretto Nott. From the School of Music: Irving Brabec. The appointment of the Drama School representative will be made later. SENIOR COEDS ENTER ANNUAL VOGUE CONTEST The editors of VOGUE announce their third Prix de Paris contest, open to all members of the senior classes of accredited colleges and universities. The contest may be entered now and the answers to the first quiz must be submitted not later than November 20. It is in two parts: first, a series of six quizzes to be answered by entrants second, a thesis of not more .than 1500 words on a general fashion subject to be selected by VOGUE, beginning in the October 1 and 15 issues. The winner of first prize is assured of one full year's employment on the staff of VOGUE magazine. Six months of this time will be spent in Paris studying the creation of fashions, and the other six months in New York studying the American trend of fashions. The second prize winner receives a position with the New York Staff of VOGUE. A salary is included and in the event of the prize winners making good, their positions will become permanent. Biology Division Increases Staff The biological Department of De Paul has been augmented this fall by two outstanding men, Dr. F. A. Varrelman of Columbia University and the New York Botanical Gardens, and Mr. A. E. Moorman of Northwestern University. Previous to his aforementioned position Dr. Varrelman conducted a survey of botanical gardens in Europe under the auspices of the United States government. Mr. Moorman is replacing Dr. W. W. Wantland who is now in charge of the biology department at Eastern State Teacher's College which is located at Charleston, Illinois. There will he a meeting of Blue Key Fraternity on Monday evening at 8 p.m. in Moot Court. The editors of the Annual announce that all uptown class pictures will he taken this week. Downtown class pictures will be taken the following week. Students are requested to watch the bulletin boards for further announcements. Dr. M. J. O'Connell Talks on Modern Catholic Women "The Catholic Woman in Modern Life" was the subject of the Very Reverend M. J. O'Connell, C.M., S.T.D., president of De Paul University, when, as principal speaker, he addressed the Catholic Women's League at their opening meeting last Saturday, October 2. The program took place in Curtiss Hall of the Fine Arts Building at 2 p.m. From an observation made by a Priest that in three generations of city life, as a general rule, the Catholic family had died out and that at the end of the third generation there were no more Catholics in the family. Dr. O'Connell stated that the remainder of his speech would be concerned with "the questions which must be faced if we are to know. whither we Catholics are tending in our adherence to the principles that make the Catholic faith and should make Catholic men and women distinctive and set apart from their surroundings and their irreligious and unreligious neighbors." As a result of the appliances that provide so much leisure for the modern woman, the habit of pleasure seeking is progressing, according to Dr. O'Connell, and the oldfashioned home is on its way out. "With the passing of the habit of work and of the home we see, as well, the passing of the large family, because children take up too much time and. in modern city life, they complicate the problem of housing... The conflict of mother-love with modern life leads altogether too frequently to the triumph of modern life over normal living." Dr. O'Connell further said that the non-Catholic world surrounding us has given itself over to the philosophy of hedonism and Catholics not strong in their religious principles must inevitably be affected by the philosophy of those among whom they live. In conclusion, Dr. O'Connell pointed out that to cure these evils, we can investigate our own adherence to the practical principles of Christianity, and either obliterate the harmful phases from our lives or bring them down to a reasonable proportion and rightful place. Only then will we realize our real obligation of handing down the faith incorrupt in theory Meehan Society To Hold Electon Of New Officers The John J. Meehan Memorial Society announces the nomination of the following candidates by the executive committee for the offices during the ensuing year: President, Bernard Zur Vice-president, Toni Rago Treasurers. Louis Schnitz and Darmon Jaffe Recording secretary, Margaret Galvin Corresponding secretaries, Garaldine Hopper, Morton Werthheimer, Rosaria Motto Auditor, Joseph Griffin. The executive committee originally nominated two candidates for each office but some withdrew. They include Martin Ryan, Olgo Jurio and Edward Ryan. Because of this, it is hoped that some names will be filed by petition. The election committee composed of Gene Czachorski, chairman Edward Ryan, Harold Pinckert, Joseph Tragarz, Phyllis Mlyniec, and Edward Freesenecker are now in complete charge of elections. Xhe following procedure will be followed: Voting will take place Monday and Tuesday, October 11 and 12 on the fifteenth floor. The balloting will take place from 12 noon to 3 p.m. in the afternoon and from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the evening. The ballots will be printed with space for any candidates which the voters may wish to "write in." Only members in good standing in the organization as of the days of election will be allowed to vote or become candidates. Members in good standing on the days of election shall be those whose dues were paid for the last year's membership and any who join up to and including the days of election for this year. Membership fees are still fifty cents for the entire year, twenty-five cents for February graduates.Any further inquiries as to nominations, elections, etc., can be directed to the election committee. All petitions for nominations must be in by tomorrow evening, Friday, October 8, in order to be printed on the ballots. A letter explaining the purpose of the society and a summary of achievements to date will be circulated to all law students. Thursday, October 7, 1937 as well as in prac tice to generations coming after us. Dr. O'Connell is to speak on two more occasions in the near future. Next Sunday, October 10, he will deliver an address in Peoria, Illinois, to the Spalding Assembly, No. 427, Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree. On the following Tuesday he will be the official speaker for the commemoration of the 445th Anniversary of the Discovery of America. The program will be held by the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois Order of the Sons of Italy in America. Attention! The Rev. Howard J. Ahern, C. M.. announces the uptown class election schedule as follows Freshmen—Friday at 11:00 a.m. Seniors—Monday at 12:00 noon Juniors—Tuesday at 12:00 noon Sophomores—Wednesday at 12:00 noon The elections will be conducted in 1, 2, and 3. BLUE KEY TO SPONSOR HELLO DANCE FRIDAY Tomorrow afternoon, from 2:30 until 6 P.M., approximately three hundred students in the loop school will exchange "hellos" as they participate in the annuai FREE Freshman introducer dance on the sixth floor, sponsored by Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, in conjunction with the Wrangler and Amazon organizations.Founded solely for the purpose of creating a greater spirit of friendliness between the Frosh and the Upperclassmen, Blue Key urges eds and coeds from all departments to attend. Approximate decorations and a newly waxed dance floor are part of the innovations of the recreation room. The committee consisting of Blue Key president, Thomas Sullivan A1 Zisco, prexy of the Wranglers and head of the Amazons have engaged a six piece orchestra noted for its ability to play both slow and the swing music. Every other dance set will be robber type and cut-ins no doubt will be quite prevalent. This dance affords an ideal time and place for both old and new students to relax from the first weeks of regular class work and get together socially for the initial time of the first semester. A surprise for the participants in the dance will take the form of a short floor show and entertainment program. It is being arranged by A1 Zisco, Commerce Wrangler president. Ooeds to Distribute Football Programs At Game Saturday A committee of the upperclass coeds are going to be on on hand at the De Paul-Illinois Wesleyan football game next Saturday, October 9, at Mills Stadium to sell programs during the game. Miss Kathryn Miller, Dean of Women at the Northside College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has appointed Miss Betty Anne O'Brien to serve as chairman of the committee.Miss O'Brien will select her coworkers from among the members of the Women's League and they will have charge of the active disposal of the programs. In return, part of the proceeds of the general sale will go into the treasury of the League. The new programs to be on sale at the three home games of the season will serve as admirable souvenir programs. They contain a short, upto-date sketch of each player on the entire squad, along with some clever individual action shots. It includes a resume of Coach Connor's history and of the assistant coach, Dan Hanley, and all the information connected with the opposing team and its coaches. Ex-DePaulite Given Award Larry Kaminski, former De Paulite, left for Europe Wednesday evening where he will attend Warsaw University for at least a year under a scholarship. While here at the Northside Liberal Arts College, some two years ago, Larry was an ace sports writer for the DE PAULIA and one of the most popular and energetic figures on the campus. He was a member of Alpha Chi, national social fraternity and Mu Beta Chi, national honorary chemistry society. For the last year, Larry wrote the most popular sports column called "Larry's Larrups" in the world's largest Polish daily newspaper. Besides this he was associate sports editor and scout editor for the paper. While attending Warsaw University he intends to write a series of letters describing the university life there. These will be printed as received in the DE PAULIA. DE PAULIA DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT Edgewater Beach Scene of Annual Publications Dance Chairmen Anticipate Record Crowd At Frolic Tomorrow night is the night most looked forward to by all De Paulites since the classes were resumed in September. The occasion marks the opening of the school's social season and the celebration of the fifteenth annual DE PAULIA dance. To be held in the beautiful Crystal Ballroom of the Edgewater Beach Hotel, the affair will have soft lights and music for a background. The ever popular Earl Voyles and his orchestra will provide dance tunes from 9:30 p.m. till 1 a.m. This band needs no introduction to De Paul students, because it has played for many school occasions, among them last year's publications' dance. Plans for the affair have been kept completely in the dark by chairmen Rita Ludwig, Stuart Doyle, and Harold Pinkert, but the committee heads promise an evening of unusual entertainment. This, and the memory of past DE PAULIA dances should be enough to induce any student to attend. Whether the originality of the distinctly new type of bid or the happy anticipation of the dance itself is the cause, the bids have been selling at a rapid pace. The chairmen report a great increase in advance sales over last year's affair. The price of bids has been set at the nominal sum of $2. As a new feature for the dance, the committee is offering prizes to the organization and the individual committee member who sells the most bids in advance. As announced in last week's DE PAULIA, the organization making the most returns before Friday will receive a §5 prize. Therefore, it is best for students to buy their bids through their sororities or fratci ni Lies. The individual committee member who sells the greatest number of bids will also receive a prize, and this fact is hoped by the chairmen to establish an additional incentive to the salesmen. Bids may be purchased from the following committee members: Carol Crotty, Betty Jayne McGee, Peg Sheehan, Ann Cholod Dorothy Lee, Dorothea Traeger, Kay Morrissey, Everett Wiles, Eugene Czachorski, James McDonald, Bill Brahm, Jerry Donovan, Ed Ryan, Nick Kohey and George Trapshanis Table reservations may be made with the chairmen. WRANGLERS MEET PLAN ACTIVITIES The second official Wrangler meeting in the new Wrangler era, when there is to be demanded of the freshmen more, and at the same time, a higher grade of respect— by the upperclassmen—was held at noon last Tuesday, in the Uptown Liberal Arts building. Tom Cleland, president, presided. Because of the lack of time, reading of the minutes was dispensed with. Collection of dues, which is fifty cents a year for each member, occupied most of the meeting. But at the end of the meeting, plans were formulated for the first of the proposed Wrangler social functions. Tom Cleland announced that on Friday, October 22, a masquerade bail would be held in the University gym. Tickets are to be seventy-five cents a couple, with a prize to be presented to the one with the best costume. Will Back and his orchestra will supply the dance music. It was also announced that in the future a Wrangler meeting unless specially called, will be held every Friday noon in the Liberal Arts building. Steel Engravings on Display in Library A collection of steel engravings, submitted by Jimmy Czajkowski, Junior, is now on display in the library. These engravings are very rare and expensive and Mr. Czajkowski has been assembling his collection, found chiefly in second hand book shops for two years. Those who have hobbies and wish to display crafts of any sort, are cordially invited to do so. Mrs. Everett McClane, librarian, assures all those who wish to contribute that their cherished possessions will be perfectly safe.
Transcript ATTEND THE GAME! David Itkin Presents "Another Language" On October 25 The Drama Department announces that it is again offering to the students of the university season tickets to the Little Theatre productions at the reduced price of $1.25. The regular price of a season ticket, which admits the holder to five major productions of the Drama department, is $3.00 to members of the Little Theatre Association other than students."Another Language," the first play of the season, will open Monday. October 25, and run through Friday October 29. Enrollment in the Drama School has increased approximately 20 per cent this semester. "It is my hope," said David Itkin, Director of the Department of Drama, "that the plays will be much stronger this year, because many of the players are experienced, practically all of last year's students except those graduating having returned this year." Although he refused to commit himself definitely, Director Itkin intimated that the dramatic department may offer as a feature of this year's program a series of lectures by a well-known New York literary critic and man of letters. The Department of Drama of De Paul University begins its eighth year of existence this season. During the seven years which it has functioned as a part of the university the Department of Drama has produced 31 plays in the Little Theatre Association Membership Series, playing to an audience of 35,000. exclusive of special performances given for high-school students. The 31 plays offered in this series have included the works of such authors as Shaw, Ibsen, Wilde, O'Neill, Barrie, Kaufman, and Pirandello. Outstanding among the productions have been performances of "The Royal Family," "Kingdom of God,' "Cradle Song," "Holiday," "Pillars of Society," "Lady Windermere's Fan," and "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." Mr. Itkin's latest creation is Samson Raphaelson's comedy, "Accent on Youth," currently playing to enthusiastic audiences at the Goodman Theater. LEAGUE DINNER HONORS UPTOWN FROSH WOMEN The Women's League annual "Welcome" dinner to the freshmen coeds was enthusiastically voted a most enjoyable success by all who attended. As the major social function of the League, Ann Cholod, President, and the committee members spared no pains to provide a pleasant evening of entertainment plus an excellent cuisine. The principal speakers were Rev. Joseph Edwards, C.M., the Rev. Howard Ahern, C.M., and Miss Kathryn Miller, Dean of Women. Among those present were Miss Virginia Woods, assistant dean of women, and several former presidents of the Woman's League. Last Wednesday's dinner marked the initiation of the freshmen women into the social life of the university. In order to further enable them to feel at home each new girl is to be under the special sponsorship of an upper class coed known as a "big sister." New coeds entering De Paul automatically became members of the Junior League. 'They elect their own officers and plan social activities. After earning a designated number of points they are eligible to be accepted into the Women's League. The points may be obtained in many ways, such at attending dances, dinners, games, lectures, and various other means already explained to the girls. Economics Club Elects Officers In its first official meeting of the semester on last Friday, October 1, at 2 p.m. in Room B2 of the Liberal Arts building, the Economics club elected its new officers. Leno Michelon was reelected general chairman. The other officers are James Czajkowski, vice chairman Nonine Moe, secretary John Foster, treasurer. Genevieve Dougan and Robert Dyxon were selected to arrange a program for the next meeting. It was suggested that the club engage in intra-mural debating but there was no definite action taken. The club is sponsored by Dr. David Scanlon, professor of economics at the uptown school. Vol. XVII, No. 3 Drama Department To Offer Students Season Pass Books DRAMA DIRECTOR David Itkin DEVANEY CLUB ORGANIZED BY LAW STUDENTS Calling the first meeting of the Devaney Club for tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m., Ed Ryan, law junior who is president of the organization, said that the purpose of the initial meeting is to acquaint the student body with the aims and procedure of the newly formed lav.- club and to discuss the Supreme Court issue. There will not be a mock trial of Justice Hugo Black as formerly reported, Mr. Ryan said. HONOR PROMINENT IUSTICE This organization, named after former Chief Justice Devaney of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, is sponsored by the Law School. The latest activity of that department, it was formed to provide for the student who wishes to equip himself better for his profession and to develop his ability to express himself effectively before an audience. The club is under the faculty guidance of Professor L. O. McCabe. OFFER PRIZES Former Chief Justice Devaney has brought to De Paul what it has been wishing for years. Realizing the necessity of embryonic lawyers for acquiring speaking ability, Justice Devaney has donated a substantial sum of money for prizes to furnish an incentive for a De Paul club. The idea represented in the club is not an original one, being embodied in similiar organizations for some time in most Eastern Law Schools. The need for such an activity at De Paul has long been felt, for until now, no organization has provided for the unexperienced student speakers. The procedure of the club will be as follows. Meetings will be held every other Tuesday afternoon and a predetermined question will be discussed, first by two students who have prepared the subject, each taking an opposite viewpoint. Finally, a round table discussion on the question will be held, followed by a vote. Prof• Discusses I.Q. Tests: Says System Incomplete The value of general intelligence quotient tests as a method of calculating the intelligence rating of individuals was questioned recently by Robert B. Weaver, professor of education at De Paul. He asserted that the memory and not the mental agility was tested. General intelligence cannot be determined by asking a few questions. Professor Weaver conceded that the more comprehensive type of test may give a more satisfactory basis for the estimation of mental worth. Regarding the more complete tests he stated, "It takes more than one simple intelligence test to rate a student's mental capabilities. When pupil's score on general intelligence tests, together with scores on a battery of tests such as the ReavisBreslich diagnostic tests in the fundamental operations of arithmetic and in problem solving, the Gray, Monroe, or Traxler reading tests, the Inglis test of English vocabulary, the Shepherd test of English usage, the Hill civic information and attitude tests, and achievement marks as represented by the teachers' reports and grades are considered, then there is a valid basis for the determination of intelligence and the sectioning of pupils." DISCUSSES PURPOSE Concerning the purpose of the tests, Professor Weaver explained. "The problem of determining general intelligence of students arises because of the efforts of parents and teachers who consider it desirable to classify boys and girls on the basis of their general intelligence and to place them in intellectually homogeneous class groups in school. The assumption is, and some experimental observation supports the contention. that children are better adjusted and do better work when they are associated in their class activities will: pupils of their own ability." TESTS NOT INFALLIBLE Mr. Weaver concluded. "In too' many cases boys and girls are placed in A. B, or ability groups solely on the basis of scores they make on such general intelligence tests, In far too many cases the I. Q. is I considered to be an infallible index ol general intelligence. "I do not hold that this alone constitutes a valid basis for the determination of general intelligence and for the classification of pupils in ability groups." Education Faculty Members Publish Two New Books Major Frank L. Beals, professor in the Department of Education on the Downtown Campus and assistant superintendent of Chicago Schools, has just completed his book, "Look Away Dixieland." His work was completed in collaboration with Leon F. Harris, Chicago business executive and has just been published by a New York and a Chicago publishing company. This novel presents a graphic delineation of the South during the Reconstruction Period. It presents in detail the efforts of the owner of the Willow Brook Plantation to rehabilitate his estate and unfolds many of the old wives' tales Major Beals and Mr. Harris both learned during their childhood days in the South. Dr. Ellamay Horan, also of the Department of Education and editor of the Journal of Religious Instruction, has just finished work on "Bible Lessons," a text book in religion for the third and fourth grades. It fulfills its plan of instruction through illustrations, lesson plans, questions, and practical problems. Little Benny Doffs Green Chapeau, Reaches Lofty Sophomore Summit It was one of those nice cool days, and papa was really feeling in the pink as he worked in the sewer. He was in a jovial mood, and he chuckled to himself. He had reason to chuckle Benny was back at De Paul. Yes, papa threw down the shovel and began to tell the boys about it. It was good to make the boys jealous. Did they have a son in collitch? So papa told them about the surprise registered by the dean when Benny walked in and doffed his green cap registration day. The dean fainted— but maybe he had a weak heart. Benny was getting to be a big fellow. He was a sophomore now. Papa liked that word "sophomore." He'd put it away in his private collection reserved until he got sore at someone. That word would have the boys really guessing. So Benny was a sophomore, and what's more he was out for the boxing team. He was going to be a prize fight boy, a fisticuffer. Hadn't he come home, breathless, and told mamma and papa that he was now a Wrangler, working with Tom Cleland and all the big men in school? Benny was puffing his chest out to its inch expansion, and was bullying the freshmen. Sure, he was making the new men wear their green caps just like he had last year. It wasn't that he didn't like the little green chapeau he had cried over the necessity of taking it off when he had become a sophomore. But maybe he'd flunk and get his freshman rating back again. Benny was a smart boy big things like that were to be expected of him. All the professors had said he was definitely going places. Yes, in that "How to Study" course the prof had predicted that in six months he would be taking a post graduate course in Kankakee. That was something to work for. He had the brain, and that's what counted. Sure papa could prove it everybody else in Benny's class had been normal Benny was sub-normal, really above the crowd. Gee it was great to be the papa of a sophomore. And papa threw his chest out, and took another crack at the good earth with his pick. THE DEPAULIA DE PAUL UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, ILL. NEW DIRECTOR NAMES ACTIVITY COUNCILJEMBERS Two Students Appointed As Representatives Of Each Class The Rev. Howard J. Ahern, C.M., director of Student Activities, called the first meeting of the Student Activity Council for this semester last Tuesday, October 5, at 8 p.m. in Moot Court on the Downtown Campus. Jerry Donovan, who was elected president of the Council at its meeting last June, presided over the business of the meeting, the election of the other officers, and the activities planned for Homecoming. The Council is composed of students from all classes and all departments of the University who have been chosen for their leadership and active participation in extra-curricular activities as truly representative of their fellow classmates. The students who have been awarded this distinction for this 1937 semester are: From the Northside Liberal Arts: Ann Cholod and Elaine Taylor, Seniors Genevieve Kennedy and James McDonald. Juniors Amy Johnson and Bud Kevin, Sophomores the freshmen appointments will be decided in November. From the Downtown Liberal Arts Raymond Egan and Virginia Rowa.v From the Day Law School: Harold Pinkert and Nathaniel Forgan, Seniors Edward Ryan and John J. O'Malley, Juniors and George Trapshanis, Freshman. From the Night Law School: Antonio Rago, Senior Edward Bradley, Junior and Edward Powers, Sophomore. From Day Commerce: Loretto Urban and Walter Drevs. Seniors Rita Ludwig and John Cole, Juniors Ruth Grogan, Sophomore the freshman appointment is to be filled later. From Night Commerce: Bill Brahm. From Secretarial: Marion Devane and Loretto Nott. From the School of Music: Irving Brabec. The appointment of the Drama School representative will be made later. SENIOR COEDS ENTER ANNUAL VOGUE CONTEST The editors of VOGUE announce their third Prix de Paris contest, open to all members of the senior classes of accredited colleges and universities. The contest may be entered now and the answers to the first quiz must be submitted not later than November 20. It is in two parts: first, a series of six quizzes to be answered by entrants second, a thesis of not more .than 1500 words on a general fashion subject to be selected by VOGUE, beginning in the October 1 and 15 issues. The winner of first prize is assured of one full year's employment on the staff of VOGUE magazine. Six months of this time will be spent in Paris studying the creation of fashions, and the other six months in New York studying the American trend of fashions. The second prize winner receives a position with the New York Staff of VOGUE. A salary is included and in the event of the prize winners making good, their positions will become permanent. Biology Division Increases Staff The biological Department of De Paul has been augmented this fall by two outstanding men, Dr. F. A. Varrelman of Columbia University and the New York Botanical Gardens, and Mr. A. E. Moorman of Northwestern University. Previous to his aforementioned position Dr. Varrelman conducted a survey of botanical gardens in Europe under the auspices of the United States government. Mr. Moorman is replacing Dr. W. W. Wantland who is now in charge of the biology department at Eastern State Teacher's College which is located at Charleston, Illinois. There will he a meeting of Blue Key Fraternity on Monday evening at 8 p.m. in Moot Court. The editors of the Annual announce that all uptown class pictures will he taken this week. Downtown class pictures will be taken the following week. Students are requested to watch the bulletin boards for further announcements. Dr. M. J. O'Connell Talks on Modern Catholic Women "The Catholic Woman in Modern Life" was the subject of the Very Reverend M. J. O'Connell, C.M., S.T.D., president of De Paul University, when, as principal speaker, he addressed the Catholic Women's League at their opening meeting last Saturday, October 2. The program took place in Curtiss Hall of the Fine Arts Building at 2 p.m. From an observation made by a Priest that in three generations of city life, as a general rule, the Catholic family had died out and that at the end of the third generation there were no more Catholics in the family. Dr. O'Connell stated that the remainder of his speech would be concerned with "the questions which must be faced if we are to know. whither we Catholics are tending in our adherence to the principles that make the Catholic faith and should make Catholic men and women distinctive and set apart from their surroundings and their irreligious and unreligious neighbors." As a result of the appliances that provide so much leisure for the modern woman, the habit of pleasure seeking is progressing, according to Dr. O'Connell, and the oldfashioned home is on its way out. "With the passing of the habit of work and of the home we see, as well, the passing of the large family, because children take up too much time and. in modern city life, they complicate the problem of housing... The conflict of mother-love with modern life leads altogether too frequently to the triumph of modern life over normal living." Dr. O'Connell further said that the non-Catholic world surrounding us has given itself over to the philosophy of hedonism and Catholics not strong in their religious principles must inevitably be affected by the philosophy of those among whom they live. In conclusion, Dr. O'Connell pointed out that to cure these evils, we can investigate our own adherence to the practical principles of Christianity, and either obliterate the harmful phases from our lives or bring them down to a reasonable proportion and rightful place. Only then will we realize our real obligation of handing down the faith incorrupt in theory Meehan Society To Hold Electon Of New Officers The John J. Meehan Memorial Society announces the nomination of the following candidates by the executive committee for the offices during the ensuing year: President, Bernard Zur Vice-president, Toni Rago Treasurers. Louis Schnitz and Darmon Jaffe Recording secretary, Margaret Galvin Corresponding secretaries, Garaldine Hopper, Morton Werthheimer, Rosaria Motto Auditor, Joseph Griffin. The executive committee originally nominated two candidates for each office but some withdrew. They include Martin Ryan, Olgo Jurio and Edward Ryan. Because of this, it is hoped that some names will be filed by petition. The election committee composed of Gene Czachorski, chairman Edward Ryan, Harold Pinckert, Joseph Tragarz, Phyllis Mlyniec, and Edward Freesenecker are now in complete charge of elections. Xhe following procedure will be followed: Voting will take place Monday and Tuesday, October 11 and 12 on the fifteenth floor. The balloting will take place from 12 noon to 3 p.m. in the afternoon and from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the evening. The ballots will be printed with space for any candidates which the voters may wish to "write in." Only members in good standing in the organization as of the days of election will be allowed to vote or become candidates. Members in good standing on the days of election shall be those whose dues were paid for the last year's membership and any who join up to and including the days of election for this year. Membership fees are still fifty cents for the entire year, twenty-five cents for February graduates.Any further inquiries as to nominations, elections, etc., can be directed to the election committee. All petitions for nominations must be in by tomorrow evening, Friday, October 8, in order to be printed on the ballots. A letter explaining the purpose of the society and a summary of achievements to date will be circulated to all law students. Thursday, October 7, 1937 as well as in prac tice to generations coming after us. Dr. O'Connell is to speak on two more occasions in the near future. Next Sunday, October 10, he will deliver an address in Peoria, Illinois, to the Spalding Assembly, No. 427, Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree. On the following Tuesday he will be the official speaker for the commemoration of the 445th Anniversary of the Discovery of America. The program will be held by the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois Order of the Sons of Italy in America. Attention! The Rev. Howard J. Ahern, C. M.. announces the uptown class election schedule as follows Freshmen—Friday at 11:00 a.m. Seniors—Monday at 12:00 noon Juniors—Tuesday at 12:00 noon Sophomores—Wednesday at 12:00 noon The elections will be conducted in 1, 2, and 3. BLUE KEY TO SPONSOR HELLO DANCE FRIDAY Tomorrow afternoon, from 2:30 until 6 P.M., approximately three hundred students in the loop school will exchange "hellos" as they participate in the annuai FREE Freshman introducer dance on the sixth floor, sponsored by Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, in conjunction with the Wrangler and Amazon organizations.Founded solely for the purpose of creating a greater spirit of friendliness between the Frosh and the Upperclassmen, Blue Key urges eds and coeds from all departments to attend. Approximate decorations and a newly waxed dance floor are part of the innovations of the recreation room. The committee consisting of Blue Key president, Thomas Sullivan A1 Zisco, prexy of the Wranglers and head of the Amazons have engaged a six piece orchestra noted for its ability to play both slow and the swing music. Every other dance set will be robber type and cut-ins no doubt will be quite prevalent. This dance affords an ideal time and place for both old and new students to relax from the first weeks of regular class work and get together socially for the initial time of the first semester. A surprise for the participants in the dance will take the form of a short floor show and entertainment program. It is being arranged by A1 Zisco, Commerce Wrangler president. Ooeds to Distribute Football Programs At Game Saturday A committee of the upperclass coeds are going to be on on hand at the De Paul-Illinois Wesleyan football game next Saturday, October 9, at Mills Stadium to sell programs during the game. Miss Kathryn Miller, Dean of Women at the Northside College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has appointed Miss Betty Anne O'Brien to serve as chairman of the committee.Miss O'Brien will select her coworkers from among the members of the Women's League and they will have charge of the active disposal of the programs. In return, part of the proceeds of the general sale will go into the treasury of the League. The new programs to be on sale at the three home games of the season will serve as admirable souvenir programs. They contain a short, upto-date sketch of each player on the entire squad, along with some clever individual action shots. It includes a resume of Coach Connor's history and of the assistant coach, Dan Hanley, and all the information connected with the opposing team and its coaches. Ex-DePaulite Given Award Larry Kaminski, former De Paulite, left for Europe Wednesday evening where he will attend Warsaw University for at least a year under a scholarship. While here at the Northside Liberal Arts College, some two years ago, Larry was an ace sports writer for the DE PAULIA and one of the most popular and energetic figures on the campus. He was a member of Alpha Chi, national social fraternity and Mu Beta Chi, national honorary chemistry society. For the last year, Larry wrote the most popular sports column called "Larry's Larrups" in the world's largest Polish daily newspaper. Besides this he was associate sports editor and scout editor for the paper. While attending Warsaw University he intends to write a series of letters describing the university life there. These will be printed as received in the DE PAULIA. DE PAULIA DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT Edgewater Beach Scene of Annual Publications Dance Chairmen Anticipate Record Crowd At Frolic Tomorrow night is the night most looked forward to by all De Paulites since the classes were resumed in September. The occasion marks the opening of the school's social season and the celebration of the fifteenth annual DE PAULIA dance. To be held in the beautiful Crystal Ballroom of the Edgewater Beach Hotel, the affair will have soft lights and music for a background. The ever popular Earl Voyles and his orchestra will provide dance tunes from 9:30 p.m. till 1 a.m. This band needs no introduction to De Paul students, because it has played for many school occasions, among them last year's publications' dance. Plans for the affair have been kept completely in the dark by chairmen Rita Ludwig, Stuart Doyle, and Harold Pinkert, but the committee heads promise an evening of unusual entertainment. This, and the memory of past DE PAULIA dances should be enough to induce any student to attend. Whether the originality of the distinctly new type of bid or the happy anticipation of the dance itself is the cause, the bids have been selling at a rapid pace. The chairmen report a great increase in advance sales over last year's affair. The price of bids has been set at the nominal sum of $2. As a new feature for the dance, the committee is offering prizes to the organization and the individual committee member who sells the most bids in advance. As announced in last week's DE PAULIA, the organization making the most returns before Friday will receive a §5 prize. Therefore, it is best for students to buy their bids through their sororities or fratci ni Lies. The individual committee member who sells the greatest number of bids will also receive a prize, and this fact is hoped by the chairmen to establish an additional incentive to the salesmen. Bids may be purchased from the following committee members: Carol Crotty, Betty Jayne McGee, Peg Sheehan, Ann Cholod Dorothy Lee, Dorothea Traeger, Kay Morrissey, Everett Wiles, Eugene Czachorski, James McDonald, Bill Brahm, Jerry Donovan, Ed Ryan, Nick Kohey and George Trapshanis Table reservations may be made with the chairmen. WRANGLERS MEET PLAN ACTIVITIES The second official Wrangler meeting in the new Wrangler era, when there is to be demanded of the freshmen more, and at the same time, a higher grade of respect— by the upperclassmen—was held at noon last Tuesday, in the Uptown Liberal Arts building. Tom Cleland, president, presided. Because of the lack of time, reading of the minutes was dispensed with. Collection of dues, which is fifty cents a year for each member, occupied most of the meeting. But at the end of the meeting, plans were formulated for the first of the proposed Wrangler social functions. Tom Cleland announced that on Friday, October 22, a masquerade bail would be held in the University gym. Tickets are to be seventy-five cents a couple, with a prize to be presented to the one with the best costume. Will Back and his orchestra will supply the dance music. It was also announced that in the future a Wrangler meeting unless specially called, will be held every Friday noon in the Liberal Arts building. Steel Engravings on Display in Library A collection of steel engravings, submitted by Jimmy Czajkowski, Junior, is now on display in the library. These engravings are very rare and expensive and Mr. Czajkowski has been assembling his collection, found chiefly in second hand book shops for two years. Those who have hobbies and wish to display crafts of any sort, are cordially invited to do so. Mrs. Everett McClane, librarian, assures all those who wish to contribute that their cherished possessions will be perfectly safe.


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Amy Klobuchar: Minnesota's funniest senator?
March 21, 2013 — 1:05pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar represented the Democrats at the 128th annual Gridiron Club Dinner Saturday night at the Renaissance Washington Hotel, amusing a white-tie audience of political and press elites as a humorous counterpoint to Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana.
"I don't want to be judgmental right from the start," Klobuchar began, "but did anyone else notice that Bobby Jindal lip-synced his entire remarks?"
Of course, the most important member of the audience was President Obama, who cracked a few jokes of his own — one at the expense of Minnesota's junior senator. "I am worried about Al Franken," Obama told the gathering. "How do you start off being one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and end up being the second-funniest senator in Minnesota? … How the mighty have fallen."
The evening featured special guest appearances by Klobuchar's father, former Star Tribune columnist Jim Klobuchar, her lawyer husband John Bessler, and her daughter, Abigail, who's bound for Yale.
Another Klobuchar crack: "I know the governor and the president and I agree on one thing: One day soon, maybe not next year, maybe not in our children's lifetime, but one day you will once again have a white male politician speak at the Gridiron ...
"Now I am under no illusions here. I know I was picked to speak tonight from a binderful of women."
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Sweden's Princess Lilian dies
Welsh-born Princess Lilian of Sweden, whose decades-long love story with the king's uncle was one of the better kept secrets of the royal household, has died. She was 97. A brief statement on the Royal Palace's website said Lilian died Sunday in her home in Stockholm. It didn't give a cause of death, but Lilian had been in poor health for several years. Lilian met Sweden's Prince Bertil in 1943, but the prince's obligations to the throne and Lilian's status as a divorced commoner prevented them from making their love public, and it would take more than 30 years before they could marry. The couple's sacrifices and lifelong dedication to one another gripped the hearts of Swedes. Their story has been described as one of the most touching royal romances of our time.
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TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE
Tappan Zee Bridge cables give shape to main span
The cables, between 190 feet and 623 feet long, are giving the new Tappan Zee Bridge's main span its shape
Matt Coyne
mcoyne@lohud.com
While the rest of the new Tappan Zee Bridge steadily comes together, the main span is still a skeleton.
Eight, 419-foot towers, four to support lanes in each direction, rose steadily from the Hudson River while girders and road decks were placed on top of the piers, helping the project actually resemble a bridge.
But there was still a hole in the middle — until mid-summer. On July 21, crews installed the first stay cable on the bridge's easternmost northbound tower, starting the process of assembling the new bridge's most striking feature.
Since then, more than a dozen of the 192 cables — measuring 190 feet at their shortest and 623 feet at their longest — have been set in place, bridge officials have said. The cables will allow for girder and road deck installation over the 3,340-foot-long, 74 million-pound main span that will eventually pass over the deepest part of the Hudson River.
NEW TAPPAN ZEE: Blue 'jump forms' coming down
HOW THE BRIDGE IS BEING BUILT: Girders help the bridge take shape
EXPLAINER: Jump forms help towers rise
The cables you see being installed are a combination of a protective sheath and smaller metal strands threaded through the sheath. When crews install the cables, they start with the sheath and just a few strands, then pack it with several more to strengthen it. They are anchored on to alternating sides of each tower, and will grow to a total of 24 per tower — 12 on each side — fanning out progressively longer the higher up the cables are anchored.
On the girders, they are anchored to the sides.
Internally, the sheaths have a ribbed casing, which the Thruway Authority says will help protect against weather-related vibrations. There are also tension rings installed inside the sheaths at each end to reduce bending.
In total, the strands, if they were placed end to end, would measure 700 miles long. Just the sheaths alone, measured end to end, would be 14 miles long.
The new Tappan Zee Bridge is described as having a "cable-stayed" structure. That means the tension created from attaching the cables to both the towers and the girders will hold the bridge up over the main span. The towers, from which the cables are hung, are the bridge's primary load-bearing structure, ensuring only vertical weight reaches the bridge's foundation.
The structure is similar to a suspension bridge, where one set of cables is strung from towers to anchors and secondary cables support the road. Examples of those include the George Washington Bridge and the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City.
A cable-stayed bridge, in contrast, has only has one set of those cables directly supporting the road.
With work beginning over the main span, the Thruway Authority and Tappan Zee Constructors - the consortium building the bridge - anticipate having to close the main channel of the Hudson River roughly 70 times over the next 15 months. The closures mean boaters cannot pass under the bridge during set hours; the first such closure was last Friday, between 6 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The northbound span of the new bridge is expected to open by the end of summer 2017. At that point, all traffic will be diverted to that span while crews dismantle the existing bridge and finish the southbound span. The bridge should be completed in its entirety by 2018.
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"Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020" opens
by Yumi Kanazaki, Staff Writer
On July 28, the "Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020," an event co-sponsored by Mayors for Peace and the City of Hiroshima, opened at the International Conference Center Hiroshima in downtown Hiroshima.
The participants that have gathered in the A-bombed city of Hiroshima, including those from local and national governments and NGOs, are discussing how to take advantage of the outcome of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation (NPT) Review Conference to proceed with the pursuit of nuclear abolition.
Nearly 200 people, including about 30 participants from abroad, are taking part in the conference.
In a session on the topic of "Strategic Implications of the NPT Review," calls for the start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention, which has been advocated by international NGOs and other entities, were made one after another.
Tim Wright, a representative from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), said, "It's time for people everywhere to take control of the disarmament process, to shift the focus from non-proliferation to abolition…It's time to outlaw nuclear weapons…" Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue stressed, "To pursue the potential of a nuclear weapons convention, that is the next idea, the next action that is demanded of us."
In the opening ceremony, a message from U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon, who will attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony on August 6, was read. In his message he stated: "If the mayors of the world are uniting, the world is uniting." In the "Grassroots Activity Session," such citizens' groups of Hiroshima as the "Yes! Campaign" were introduced.
Douglas Roche, former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, who delivered a keynote speech entitled "A Nuclear Weapons Convention: The Time Is Now," was presented the Hiroshima City Special Honorary Citizenship Award from Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba. The number of participants for the day was less than the advance registrations due to such factors as the difficulty of obtaining visas for some from Iraq and Uganda.
The conference will close on July 29 after issuing a "Hiroshima Appeal."
(Originally published on July 29, 2010)
Participants in Hiroshima nuclear abolition conference visit Peace Memorial Park (July 28, 2010)


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Home Drone News Photography & Videography Quadcopter Goes up 20K Feet to Top of Kilimanjaro
Quadcopter Goes up 20K Feet to Top of Kilimanjaro
Cheetah Air, a division of Cheetah Software Systems, recently operated its specially built, high-altitude quadcopter to record a team's trek to the summit of Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro.
The Kilimanjaro Climb for Valor, organized by Tusker Trail and led by Eddie Frank, returned safely after a nine-day trek from Feb. 17-25. The Kilimanjaro Climb for Valor is an organized climb with 100% of proceeds going to charity Duskin & Stephens, which supports families of fallen soldiers.
Edan Cain, chief technology officer of Cheetah Air, captured video of the climb from an airborne platform. In addition to providing support for the team, Cheetah Air performed what it says is its first high-altitude drone research and development while operating in extreme temperatures (5 degrees F), high winds (5-30 mph) and extreme altitudes (10,000-19,340 feet).
"We went knowing that the drones would be taxed to their limit and beyond in this rugged environment. The commercially available quadcopter functioned well for video capture up to about 10,500 feet. Our hope was that this platform would continue to be operational up to around 15,000 feet," says Cain.
"To see it work – and work well – considering the highest we had tested it in California was 9,500 feet, was hugely exciting," he adds. "We fully intend to return and try again with an even more powerful craft and Mother Nature's support."
The company says the lessons it learned on the climb have proven to be invaluable for its plans to deploy medicine to climbers in need or to assist search-and-rescue operations. Cheetah also sees its experience in operating under extreme conditions to be beneficial for developing other drone applications, including pipeline monitoring, precision agriculture and product deliveries.
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Light therapy, also referred to as phototherapy, is a type of therapy that involves exposure to light that is brighter than indoor light though not as bright as direct sunlight. This therapy is often used in the treatment of conditions such as depression, jet lag, and sleep disorders. Light therapy is also used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD), as it helps reset the circadian rhythms, which controls the sleep-wake cycle.
Light therapy employs light with wavelengths ranging from 390 nm – 1,100 nm that uses LED, fluorescent lamps, polychromatic polarized or full-spectrum to administer a certain amount of time during a specific time of the day.
According to world Health Organization (WHO), depression is a common mental disorder. Globally, over 300 million people of all age groups suffer from depression every year. The medical application of light therapy includes treatment of skin diseases and skin rejuvenation as well as treatment of inflammation diseases such as psoriasis and acne. Cancer cells are killed by administering certain drugs, which are activated by certain kinds of light, thus playing a major role in treatment of cancer. According to WHO, psoriasis affects around 2% of the world population, with nearly two thirds of people having mild form while others having extensive involvement of skin.
Light therapy causes photo-oxidation and thus a primary treatment method for neonatal jaundice, eczema, and psoriasis. Narrow band ultraviolet (UVB) and broad band UVB phototherapy are issued for treatment of skin disorders. Increasing applications, favorable reimbursement policies, and insurance for such treatments is expected to boost demand for the light therapy. Treatment of acne by using LED light is gaining popularity, owing to various benefits such as cellular rejuvenation and improved blood circulation.
LED light therapy is more effective than conventional therapy, as it emits blue and red light, which are beneficial for treating acne and wrinkles. Markets in developed countries are witnessing increasing demand for light therapy products due to the geographic location and high prevalence of SAD. Adoption of light therapy devices such as light boxes and handled devices are projected to increase at very high rate over the forecast period, owing to increasing prevalence of skin-related diseases, which in turn, is caused by increasing adoption of unhealthy lifestyle and eating habits among the populace. Growth of the light therapy market is expected to be hampered due to shortage of funding for light therapy research and post treatment side effects.
North America market hold the largest market share due to the presence of high prevalence of psoriasis and other dermatological diseases in countries such as the U.S. According to American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), psoriasis is a common skin disorder that affected around 7.5 million people in 2013 in the U.S.
Key players operating in the global light therapy market include Koninklijke Philips N.V., Aura Daylight, Sphere Gadget Technologies, Northern Light Technology, Beurer, PhotoMedex, Inc., Nature Bright, Verilux, Inc., Klarstein, Zepter International, Luminette, and Lumie.


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Journal of Light & Laser Current Trends Category: Engineering Type: Research Article
Classification of Substances Combining Standoff Laser Induced Fluorescence and Machine Learning
Marian Kraus1*, Lea Fellner2, Florian Gebert2, Carsten Pargmann2, Arne Walter2 and Frank Duschek2
1 German Aerospace Center Dlr, Institute Of Technical Physics, Atmospheric Propagation And Effect, 74239 Lampolds-hausen, Germany
2 German Aerospace Center Dlr, Institute Of Technical Physics, Germany
Marian Kraus
German Aerospace Center Dlr, Institute Of Technical Physics, Atmospheric Propagation And Effect, 74239 Lampolds-hausen, Germany
Tel:+49 6298 28339,
Email:marian.kraus@dlr.de
Published Date: Jun 15, 2018
Contaminated objects and areas must be handled carefully depending on the underlying pollution. There are methods which require short distances, others the collection of samples or even direct contact to the hazardous, and some of the established techniques take long to reach a conclusion. A fast standoff method for predicting the potential hazard can be achieved by examining the laser induced fluorescence spectra of the substances of interest. The samples are excited by low-energy laser pulses of two alternating wavelengths. The datasets are measured for almost 50 agents, including fuels, pesticides and bacteria and represent the basis for a subsequent classification procedure.
Therefore, the investigated materials are grouped in seven classes depending on their origin and utilization. The majority of the dataset is used in a training phase to create predictive models, which are tested with the remaining signals to qualify the classification. After all, the single spectra of the test set are classified with an error rate less than 01. % in predicting the correct class. With a statement like this first responders would be able to choose the right preventive measure for a rescue or decontamination procedure.
Classification algorithms; Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF); Machine learning; Standoff detection
Standoff detection systems are important for many scenarios to increase the safety for surrounding people and environment. Accidental or intentional contamination must be remediated as quickly as possible, however different pollutions need different counter measures.
Machine learning is one of the keys for online detection of critical substances. For individual experimental setups different methods can be used but they have to be trained with the respective materials of interest. This paper describes a setup for the detection of laser induced fluorescence (LIF) signals as published in [1] as well as the part of data analysis leading to accurate classification models which could be used in online applications making a prediction about the kind of pollution.
For data acquisition a spectral resolution of about 13 nm has been chosen which is sufficient for the analysis of LIF spectra, as indicated in [2] where the classification results of two setups with different spectral resolutions and three different model types are compared. A description of the classification performance for the other setup has been published previously [3]. Further information about online detection techniques like LIF, IR (Infrared) spectroscopy, LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and DIAL (Differential Absorption LIDAR) can be found in [4-7]. Among the different algorithms the signals are classified with a method known as random forests being robust and able to handle large data [8].
For the work presented here, potential contaminants and field relevant background materials were selected, especially fuels, solvents, lubricants, markers, pesticides, pollen, and several bacteria as denoted in table 1. Other class arrangements for these matters are conceivable as well but this step was a little matter of taste, though reasonably conducted. Liquid samples were measured as pure substances and for solid samples either distilled water or diethyl ether were used to dissolve the material of interest depending on their solubility. Bacterial samples were prepared as described in [9] with a solution of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), and concentrations of the order of 108 to 109 colony forming units per ml were used for the measurements. All samples were filled in 3.5 ml cuvettes (117-QS, Hellma GmbH & Co., KG, Müllheim, Germany) and during the measurement continuously stirred using a magnetic stirrer (IKA color squid, IKA-Werke GmbH & Co., KG, Staufen, Germany) while being excited at a distance of 3.5 m.
Bacteria (PBS) Fuel (pure) Lubricant (pure) Marker (water) Pesticide (water / diethyl ether) Plant (water) Solvent (pure)
B.atrophaeus Diesel Anderol555 Anthranilic Acid Isoproturon (d) Pop.Deltoides Benzaldehyd
B.brevis Jet fuel Coconut oil β-Carotene Isoproturon (d) Pop.tremula Cyclopentan
B.fungorum Kerosene Colza oil Chlorophylla Malathion (w) Bee pollen spring Diethyl ether
B.pyrrocinia Paraffin Motor oil Isoadenin Oxyfluorfen (d) Bee pollen summer D-Limonene
B.subtilis Pumpkin oil Lutein Permethrin (d) Ethyl Acetate
B.thuringiensis Sunflower oil Lycopene Terbuthylazine (d) Isopropyl alcohol
E.coli Piperine Losin100
M.luteus p-Xylol
O.urethralis Turpentinesubstitute
P.fluorescens
P.polymyxa
Y.aldovae
Table 1: Components of each class plus information about solvents; w=water, d=diethyl ether.
The experimental setup used for the presented investigations has been described in detail in a previous work so, only a brief summary of the main features is provided here [1]. A schematic view of the setup is shown in figure 1. To create the fluorescence signal the samples are excited using the frequency converted output of a Nd:YAG Laser (Innolas Picolo Magna EVO III) that simultaneously emits laser pulses with fixed wavelengths of 266 nm and 355 nm, pulse lengths of less than 0.7 ns and a repetition frequency of 100 Hz. The repetition rate was chosen to provide fast data acquisition and high pulse energies of up to 60 mJ needed for future long range experiments. A setup consisting of a λ/2 wave plate and a polarizer is used to adjust the energy of the linear polarized output of the laser in a range between a few 10 nJ to 200 µJ. Each pulse pair is temporally separated by approximately 100 ns using an optical delay line. Afterwards, the optical path of the different laser pulses is spatially overlapped and guided to the sample. The generated fluorescence signal is collected by an off-axis parabolic mirror with a diameter of 101.6 mm (Edmund Optics #83-957) and guided to the fiber input of a grating based spectrometer (Hamamatsu A10766) that diffracts the radiation within the spectral range from 250 nm to 680 nm onto a 32 channel Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) array. The electronic signal is integrated over 50 ns for each excitation process using a high speed data acquisition system (Vertilon PhotoniQ). Even though all measurements were acquired indoor, a background signal was recorded for each set of 100 measurements per excitation process leading to 500 background corrected signals with 64 features which form the basis for the subsequent data analysis.
Figure 1: Simplified schematic view of the experimental setup.
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All computations as described in the following part were executed with RStudio 1.1.442 using R 3.4.4 and in detail the caret package, which provides the utilization of over 200 models for classification and regression training [10-12].
First of all, those channels were eliminated which contain no or misleading information: the lower regions beyond both excitation wavelengths and the range of possible Raman peaks whose intensity could influence the scaling process and might lead to misclassifications caused by the presence of different solvents. Due to comparability reasons of different measurements the data were scaled by setting the minimum to 0 and the maximum to 1. The median spectrum of each substance is visualized by one plot per class in figure 2.
Figure 2: Each plot shows the median of 100 signals for the belonging substances.
Finally, after modification the data contain information about the class to which they belong to and the normalized signal intensities from 47 features (27 for 266 nm excitation and 20 for 355 nm excitation). This dataset was passed to the model generation process where cross-validation and boot strapping were additionally performed to verify and optimize the classification models [8]. Taking the median (or mean) of several spectra is an optional step to gain even better results in less runtime but is not necessary within this scope and only done for visualization.
A scatter plot of the data of two channels is displayed in figure 3, reduced to the median of five consecutive signals and colored by class for a clearer segmentation. Despite that, the clusters are overlapping and cannot be separated well from each other but the classification is based on using all of the present features.
Figure 3: Scatter plot for the scaled signal intensities of two features corresponding to the PMT-channel 14 and 18 which detect a 15 nm broad spectral region around 436.7 nm and 491.4 nm of the fluorescence signal excited by radiation with a wavelength of 266 nm and 355 nm, respectively; for visualization the dataset is reduced to the median of five consecutive spectra and colored by class.
In general, the aim of classification is the ability to predict the group to which an object belongs based on a set of features. Creating a reliable classification model consists of at least two steps, called training and test. In the training phase a part of the data is distinguished as good as possible by creating a predictive model for classification. In the test phase this model is validated with the remaining data to prevent a too specific discrimination by over fitted models. Here, the training set consists of 75 % of the data, resembled for a further reduction of overfitted [12].
Most of the algorithms provide a few variables which are adjusted during the training phase to gain best possible results. Every combination of those parameters is run separately and the final model can be chosen as the one with the highest accuracy, which is the ratio of the correctly predicted values to the total number of predictions. Within the method random forests many randomly generated decision trees classify the data [14]. The creation of these trees considers basic information of possible codomains of the thresholds and the sets are sampled among the given features. One variable is the amount of trees and another one is the number of sampled features which are randomly selected. The most frequent results of the different models are chosen as the best fit and used to build the final model by averaging their splitting thresholds. This can be processed several times with resampled training sets but within the present classification the tree structure did not change significantly after a few runs.
Instead of grouping the agents in seven classes it is also possible to identify the substances by their LIF spectra within the investigated dataset. Therefore, the modeling process is run again resulting in a new tree which has been trained with that intention. This second model might be used as well for a grouped prediction but it is rather overfitted and worse for that issue.
The information of the current measurement is gained from the excitation of different fluorophores utilizing laser pulses with two different excitation wavelengths. When the modeling process is run separately with each half of the data and additionally with the paired dataset it can be shown that this is an improvement. The results are summarized in a confusion matrix where the predictions are compared with the reference values.
The predictions are listed in table 2 showing that the utilization of a single excitation wavelength provides enough information to distinguish the classes (99.4 resp. 87.4 %). However using the complete dataset leads to even better results (99.9 %). If the substances are not divided in groups and ought to be discriminated precisely, the effect is more obvious. The single substances can be identified using both spectra with an accuracy of 94.1 % instead of 87.8 % resp. 74.5 % if only one of them is used. Even the very similar spectra of bacteria can be separated as shown in [1].
Reference Bacteria Fuel Lubricant Marker Pesticide Pollen Solvent
Bacteria 1497 0 7 0 0 0 0
Fuel 0 500 0 0 0 0 0
Lubricant 3 0 726 0 1 0 1
Marker 0 0 0 875 0 0 0
Pesticide 0 0 0 0 746 0 2
Pollen 0 0 0 0 0 500 0
Solvent 0 0 17 0 3 0 1122
Accuracy: 99.4 % (Discrimination: 87.8 %)
Bacteria 1394 10 58 0 74 0 92
Fuel 7 381 15 2 46 0 8
Lubricant 17 14 622 0 12 2 2
Marker 2 7 0 835 3 4 20
Pesticide 41 72 51 2 566 0 49
Solvent 39 16 1 32 49 1 954
266 & 355 nm
Solvent 0 0 0 0 2 0 1125
Table 2: Confusion matrices for single wavelengths and their combination; the correctly classified spectra are on the main diagonals; also including the accuracies for individually discriminated samples..
Online applications should be able to provide a fast and accurate statement about the investigated objects. Laboratory analyses like mass spectrometry or chromatography are more specific but they need too much time for early countermeasures. Using the introduced setup the LIF spectra of different agents yield enough diversity to distinguish the acquired signals of 48 substances. A single measurement followed by a classification can be performed in much less than 10 seconds but the possible outcomes are limited to those substances which were part of the model generation.
Additional excitation of other fluorophores like phenylalanine, a compound of living organisms like bacteria, can be achieved using radiation further in the UV spectral region and may lead to an expanded variety of the signals followed by a better classification performance. This is promising especially for the discrimination of bacteria where the signals are dependent on the surroundings and even varies in different growth phases as shown in [15]. Another aspect which has to be investigated is the effect of different mixtures, concentrations and backgrounds and how their impact can be handled with data analysis.
In this paper we present LIF measurements combined with a subsequent classification of 48 different samples. The high accuracy of 99.9 % for the classification and 94.1 % for the identification within the used dataset indicate that a detection system utilizing a comparable model could be able to distinguish different classes of materials. Future measurements will be performed on our free 130 m long transmission test range operated by the DLR in Lampoldshausen, Germany, to investigate atmospheric influences. Furthermore, the sensitivity and the reproducibility of these measurements will be evaluated as well as the impact of spectral changes due to substance concentration variations and solvent effects on the classification.
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Chaparral wrestling coach is out following hazing incident captured on video
The video shows coach Rocky Johnson encouraging a prank called "The Ultimate Sit-Up"
By Kyle Newman | knewman@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: February 3, 2017 at 3:43 p.m. | UPDATED: February 7, 2017 at 1:46 p.m.
Chaparral High School wrestling coach Rocky Johnson is out of a job after the release of a video depicting hazing of a freshman on the team, according to Douglas County School District public information officer Paula Hans.
The video, filmed by parent Andrew Stubbs at practice on Jan. 27, depicts Johnson encouraging a prank called "The Ultimate Sit-Up," where a wrestler is blindfolded and held down as he attempts a sit-up. The blindfold then is released as the wrestler sits up, face-first, into the naked butt of another wrestler.
Stubbs, whose sophomore son is on the team, said he was helping with drills at practice when the incident occurred. He said he took the video to the school administration Monday, and they suspended Johnson at that time.
"There are some people that are even upset that I took the video and that I have the video," Stubbs said. "There's people that are like, 'Boys will be boys, that's OK.' That's the head coach that's instigating it, and he got suspended from the team. But they let him back in and he was addressing the students (on Thursday) in a tirade that someone's trying to ruin his life with this video. I heard him up there (in the wrestling room) yelling and screaming, so I went up there and pulled my kid out of that team meeting."
Later Thursday, Johnson was no longer employed by the school district.
Hans released a statement Friday afternoon. "This is very concerning and the Douglas County School District does not tolerate inappropriate conduct by staff members. Upon learning of this incident, we immediately contacted law enforcement and began our own investigation. The Chaparral High School wrestling coach is no longer employed by the Douglas County School District. The safety and well-being of our students is our priority and actions of this nature will not be tolerated."
Stubbs said that both he and his son have received backlash for his role in filming, then releasing, the video.
"I was going to deal with it through the school and all that, but my son has started to get threatening social media posts," Stubbs said. "The social media message that the team captain sent to my son says, "You and your dad are lame excuses for men. You better avoid me and my family like the plague.'
"So I just got a real problem that I don't think this is being taken seriously."
Stubbs said the Chaparral administration talked to the student who sent his son the threatening message, but that no further action was taken. Stubbs said the administration told him it took the video to the Douglas County sheriff's office and was told "there's nothing on that video that they can press charges for."
Stubbs said the incident was indicative of a culture shift under Johnson, who was in his first year running the program.
"It's a huge change from last year—he berates kids, and yells at them, and makes them not want to wrestle anymore," Stubbs said. "Now, because of the backlash, my kid can't go to wrestling practice anymore. How is he supposed to go to practice now when the team captains and the coach are the ones doing the prank?"
Calls and messages to the Chaparral administration were not returned.
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